Stone and marble saw



March 8, 1927. 1,620,466

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Application filed May 23, 1 923.- sefiai at. 32,468.

This invention relates toa portable selfvided with a flanged base 15formed with contained saw, the primary object of the inopenings toaccommodate the bolts 16. vention being to provide a saw of this char-Mounted for vertical and horizontal adjustacter especially designed foruse in sawing Inent'with respect to the column 14: is a 5 stone andmarble, at the place where it is Work supporting table 17 which isprovided being used in building. with curved arms 18 provided withflanges Another object of the invention is the 19 having openings toaccommodate the bolt provision of a device of this character in- 20, nut21 being provided on the bolt to eluding a tank which may contain waterto move the arms 18 towards each other and 6 facilitate the operation ofthe saw, the tank clamp the column 1 L holding the work supacting as ahousing for the saw and motor, porting table 17 in its positions ofadjustwhen it is desired to move the device from ment. place to place.Secured to the column 14 is a rack bar With the foregoing and otherobjects in 22 that cooperates with the pinion 23 car- 70 view which willappear as the description ried at one end of the crank shaft 2 1 so thatproceeds, the invention resides in the comas the crank shaft 2 L ismanually rotated,- bination and arrangement of parts and in the motorsupporting table may be adjusted the details of construction hereinafterdethroughout the length of the column 14. scribed and claimed, it beingunderstood This motor supporting table includes a 75 that changes in theprecise embodiment of track 25 and angularly disposed arms 26 theinvention herein disclosed, may be made that have connection with thecurved clampwithin the scope of what is claimed, withing member 27 thatis designed to embrace out departing from the spirit of the invenaportion of the column 14 to support the tion. table. The curved memberalso includes a so 35 Referring to the drawings: section 30 which isbolted or otherwise se- Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a curedthereto in such a way that the curved saw constructed in accordance withthe inmember may be moved into close engagevention, a portion of thetank being broken ment with the column to hold the motor away. 1supporting table in its positions of adjusts5 30 Figure 2 is an endelevational view ment after the adjustment has been made by thereof.means of the pinion 23' and rack bar 22.

Figure 3 is a plan view thereof. Operating on the track 25 are the motorFigure 4 is a side elevational view illusand saw supporting bars 31, themotor 82 trating the saw, and table, as moved to posibeing shown asmounted thereon and detions within the tank. signed to supply power tothe saw shaft 33 Referring to the drawings in detail, the through themedium of the chain 3% run supporting frame includes a pair of channingbetween the motor and saw shaft 33. nel bars 5 which are supplied withbearings The saw which is indicated at 35 is car- 6 to accommodate the3X1 7 011 Which the ried at the outer end of the shaft 33 and is usWheels 8 are mo n so constructed that it will move longitudt Theopposite ends of the channel bars are ll f th t k 25 as th Same i f dconnected by means of the curved bearing th h it work. member 9 which isformed with an opening F th f g in it will b s e that to accommodate h bl 1 that eXteIlde due to this construction, the work supportthrough thebracket m mb r 1 h l ing table 17 and the motor supporting table andbracket member constituting a support may be moved from their activepositions as for the wheel 12 whereby the device may be h wn by Figure 1of the drawings to a poguided. sition within the confines of the tank13, as

Mounted on the frame is a rectangular shown by Figure 4 of the drawings,wherems tank 13 which is formed preferably of sheet upon the device maybe readily moved from metal, the same being designed to contain place toplace. water when the device is in use as a marble I claim saw so thatthe water may be thrown over In a device of the character described,

eflicient operation thereof. Bolted to the the frame, said tank adaptedto contain bottom of the tank 13 is a column 14: prowater, a columnsecured within the tank the marble to cool the saw and insure the awheel supported frame, a tank mounted on and rising above the upper edgeof the tank, a Work supporting table adjustably mounted on the column, arack on the column, a clamping member, arms extending from the clampingmember, a track having connection with the arms, a motor and saw mountedon the track and adapted to move longitudinally of the track, a pinioncarried by the clamping member and cooperating with the rack foradjusting the clamping mem her and track longitudinally of the column,and means for clamping the clamping memberinto close engagement with thecolumn.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature.

WILLIAM JOHN JONES.

